Patrick Kingsley
When I wake up every morning, I turn on my Apple iMac to check my Facebook and my E-Mail as well. I also disconnect my cell phone from the charger and I put it on vibrate. When I leave for school, I plug my Skullcandy headphones into my 80GB iPod, and I depart for school listening to a variety of my favorite songs. Sometimes, if we have a project to do in a certain class, we would head down to the media center and work on the computers there. In the first semester of my junior year, I was in a Music Technology class where we used computers to create music in programs such as Sibelius, and ACID Music Studio. After school, I would board the bus with my iPod on again, and I would check my cell phone for any messages from my friends. The second I get home, I go on my Playstation 2 and play some video games for a little while. Later on, I go on to my computer and check E-Mail, listen to music on iTunes, and do other various sorts of things. If there is a project I need to work on, I do so on my computer using Microsoft Office and the Internet. I also plug in my iPod into the computer and I synchronize any music that I added to iTunes. If I am extremely bored, I will mix some tracks in Garageband and create audio files there. Afterward, I’ll watch on TV through my AT&T U-Verse system. The picture quality is quite nice, even on a CRT television. However, the gateway may have some trouble keeping up with the demand of four TVs and two computers, so sometimes the picture can get choppy if the gateway can’t keep up. Later on, I would go back on my computer and IM my friends on iChat. By the end of the day, I shut down my computer.I plug my iPod into the wall charger, as well as my cell phone so they both can be charged up for a brand new day.
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 is a revolutionary new platform on the Internet. It allows people to express their opinions on just about anything. For example, on Amazon, people can post their own product reviews. Facebook and MySpace have revolutionized social networking and world communications. Forums also exist where people can post questions and start debating on topics. Today, a phenomina called "Web Applications" are starting to form, where people can do desktop tasks directly on "the cloud." However, this may not exsist as some people explain. After all, message boards existed since 1996, and all social networking is is one big message board. Web 2.0 has aquired its title because it supposedly is the next big version of the Internet.
Old Technology
Back in the early 1980s, the Timex Sinclair 1000 was released. It was one of the first computers to sell below $100. It had a Zilog Z80A processor running at 3.25 MHz (which was a good speed processor for its time), 2KB of memory (which was just enough for the text UI), and a black and white screen. It was significant because it provided instruction on how to program.
Commodore 64 was released in August of 1982. It was yet another text based computer system, but it was the first to have 64KB of memory. It was also pretty cheap, selling at $595, which was significantly cheaper than other computers. It was considered the best selling personal computer of its time. Commodore VISUAL BASIC had a platform in its OS, allowing people to develop programs and games for it.
DOS was an operating system that is owned by Microsoft. It was primarily used in IBM PCs, as well as Windows 95, 98, and ME (if you restarted in DOS mode). Other companies, such as Apple, also adopted DOS, but it wasn’t the same as MS-DOS because it wasn’t in the Intel x86 formats. Like Commodore VISUAL BASIC, DOS had a platform for applications as well. One of the most popular was Lotus’s 1-2-3 spreadsheet application, which was a huge hit at the time.
Pong was a popular game developed back in the 80s. It was a game, of course, and really showed off what computers can accomplish. It was an arcade game that showed up on arcade machines and made a lot of money. At 25 cents per play and its huge popularity, it was an instant money maker. It was black and white, simple, yet addicting. It was one of the biggest games made in the video game boom in the 1980s.
Prodigy was an ISP developed back in 1984. It allowed its users to access weather conditions, bulletin boards, games, polls, etc. It was really popular because it had a graphical user interface, rather than command line like most programs back in the day. Everyone adored the graphical user interface and it looked fantastic. It also allowed people to communicate with one another and gave people information.
In 1969, CompuServe was a company that was developing quickly. Initially, it started off with the name Compu-Serv, but the company changed it in the 70s. Like Prodigy, it was an Internet service provider that connected users to the Internet (in the 90s anyway), and allowed people to communicate with one another. CompuServe is now owned by America Online and is still used around. However, most people have transitioned to other ways of accessing the Internet. In the 1980s, CompuServe had 380,000 subscribers, and it was selling. Like Prodigy, it revolutionized the Internet. WebTV was a device that allowed users to access the Internet right from their televisions. All they needed to do was connect a box to a TV, sit down with a wired or wireless keyboard, and access the Internet. It is a great concept because everyone would like to access the Internet from their TV. Most people today just hook up a laptop to the TV, and get the whole computer experience. And Sony’s Playstation 3 does some similar things as well. But WebTV created the concept that TV should be accessible anywhere.
SuperBowl TV Ads
The most effective SuperBowl ad was the career builder ad. It grabbed my attention by describing a poor job situation, and rubbing it in with repetition and humor. It also does a fantastic job of getting the message out to the general public that CarrerBuilder.com is a good site to visit in order to, well, build your career. It can be a little annoying sometimes but overall it delivers its message pretty well. My favorite part was when it showed the man in his underwear shaving his leg at the office. Career Builder has had a history of hilarious ads, and this one is definietly funny.
Patrick Kingsley
When I wake up every morning, I turn on my Apple iMac to check my Facebook and my E-Mail as well. I also disconnect my cell phone from the charger and I put it on vibrate. When I leave for school, I plug my Skullcandy headphones into my 80GB iPod, and I depart for school listening to a variety of my favorite songs. Sometimes, if we have a project to do in a certain class, we would head down to the media center and work on the computers there. In the first semester of my junior year, I was in a Music Technology class where we used computers to create music in programs such as Sibelius, and ACID Music Studio. After school, I would board the bus with my iPod on again, and I would check my cell phone for any messages from my friends.
The second I get home, I go on my Playstation 2 and play some video games for a little while. Later on, I go on to my computer and check E-Mail, listen to music on iTunes, and do other various sorts of things. If there is a project I need to work on, I do so on my computer using Microsoft Office and the Internet. I also plug in my iPod into the computer and I synchronize any music that I added to iTunes. If I am extremely bored, I will mix some tracks in Garageband and create audio files there.
Afterward, I’ll watch on TV through my AT&T U-Verse system. The picture quality is quite nice, even on a CRT television. However, the gateway may have some trouble keeping up with the demand of four TVs and two computers, so sometimes the picture can get choppy if the gateway can’t keep up. Later on, I would go back on my computer and IM my friends on iChat. By the end of the day, I shut down my computer. I plug my iPod into the wall charger, as well as my cell phone so they both can be charged up for a brand new day.
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 is a revolutionary new platform on the Internet. It allows people to express their opinions on just about anything. For example, on Amazon, people can post their own product reviews. Facebook and MySpace have revolutionized social networking and world communications. Forums also exist where people can post questions and start debating on topics. Today, a phenomina called "Web Applications" are starting to form, where people can do desktop tasks directly on "the cloud." However, this may not exsist as some people explain. After all, message boards existed since 1996, and all social networking is is one big message board. Web 2.0 has aquired its title because it supposedly is the next big version of the Internet.
Old Technology
Back in the early 1980s, the Timex Sinclair 1000 was released. It was one of the first computers to sell below $100. It had a Zilog Z80A processor running at 3.25 MHz (which was a good speed processor for its time), 2KB of memory (which was just enough for the text UI), and a black and white screen. It was significant because it provided instruction on how to program.
Commodore 64 was released in August of 1982. It was yet another text based computer system, but it was the first to have 64KB of memory. It was also pretty cheap, selling at $595, which was significantly cheaper than other computers. It was considered the best selling personal computer of its time. Commodore VISUAL BASIC had a platform in its OS, allowing people to develop programs and games for it.
DOS was an operating system that is owned by Microsoft. It was primarily used in IBM PCs, as well as Windows 95, 98, and ME (if you restarted in DOS mode). Other companies, such as Apple, also adopted DOS, but it wasn’t the same as MS-DOS because it wasn’t in the Intel x86 formats. Like Commodore VISUAL BASIC, DOS had a platform for applications as well. One of the most popular was Lotus’s 1-2-3 spreadsheet application, which was a huge hit at the time.
Pong was a popular game developed back in the 80s. It was a game, of course, and really showed off what computers can accomplish. It was an arcade game that showed up on arcade machines and made a lot of money. At 25 cents per play and its huge popularity, it was an instant money maker. It was black and white, simple, yet addicting. It was one of the biggest games made in the video game boom in the 1980s.
Prodigy was an ISP developed back in 1984. It allowed its users to access weather conditions, bulletin boards, games, polls, etc. It was really popular because it had a graphical user interface, rather than command line like most programs back in the day. Everyone adored the graphical user interface and it looked fantastic. It also allowed people to communicate with one another and gave people information.
In 1969, CompuServe was a company that was developing quickly. Initially, it started off with the name Compu-Serv, but the company changed it in the 70s. Like Prodigy, it was an Internet service provider that connected users to the Internet (in the 90s anyway), and allowed people to communicate with one another. CompuServe is now owned by America Online and is still used around. However, most people have transitioned to other ways of accessing the Internet. In the 1980s, CompuServe had 380,000 subscribers, and it was selling. Like Prodigy, it revolutionized the Internet.
WebTV was a device that allowed users to access the Internet right from their televisions. All they needed to do was connect a box to a TV, sit down with a wired or wireless keyboard, and access the Internet. It is a great concept because everyone would like to access the Internet from their TV. Most people today just hook up a laptop to the TV, and get the whole computer experience. And Sony’s Playstation 3 does some similar things as well. But WebTV created the concept that TV should be accessible anywhere.
SuperBowl TV Ads
The most effective SuperBowl ad was the career builder ad. It grabbed my attention by describing a poor job situation, and rubbing it in with repetition and humor. It also does a fantastic job of getting the message out to the general public that CarrerBuilder.com is a good site to visit in order to, well, build your career. It can be a little annoying sometimes but overall it delivers its message pretty well. My favorite part was when it showed the man in his underwear shaving his leg at the office. Career Builder has had a history of hilarious ads, and this one is definietly funny.